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From: halkoD@batman.moravian.EDU (David Halko)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: OS-9000
Summary: OS9000 on ATBus, not Microchannel
Keywords: OS-9000
Message-ID: <2576@batman.moravian.EDU>
Date: 5 Feb 91 16:02:01 GMT
References: <1991Jan10.153546.29219@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <1782@mwca.UUCP>
Organization: Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
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In article <1782@mwca.UUCP>, bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) writes:
> In article <1991Jan10.153546.29219@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> cocoiii@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (John Vestal) writes:
> >
> >     A friend of mine owns a I*M '386 compatiable, and I was telling
> >him about OS-9000, and he asked me how much it was...
> >*  cocoiii@catt.ncsu.edu  Phone: (919) 831-2890      North Carolina State    *
> 
> OS-9000 for a 386 clone (AT bus, not Micro-channel at this time) is $995,
> including C Compiler, Source Level Debugger, and umpteen hundred utilities.
> Call 800-475-9000 for more information.
> 
> -- 
> ################################################################################
> #  Bill Sheppard  --  bills@microware.com  --  {uunet,sun}!mcrware!mwca!bill   #
> #  Microware Systems Corporation  ---  OS-9: Seven generations beyond __/_!!   #
> #######Opinions expressed are my own, though you'd be wise to adopt them!#######


OK-
Why won't OS9000 work on MicroChannel???

I thought the major difference was the BUS, a hardware difference... does
the hardware really change the operating environment that much??? I am
rather confused how it does since you can have a common OS9 kernel and
managers run across a different hardware base quite easily with only
changing the drivers and descriptors to adapt to the new hardware... is
there something else behind the microchannel machines that make them so
different in order not to allow OS9000 to operate on them?

David J. Halko